Thousands of pounds have been donated to a fundraiser after a peacock was killed in a Dunfermline park.
The aviary housing the bird in Pittencrieff Park was broken into on Monday night, according to a post on the park's Facebook page.
The peacock, named Malcolm, was said to have been found "horribly tortured and killed", while another was found injured.
It said: "It is with a broken heart that I have to send you all extremely bad news.
"11pm last night I received a phone call telling me one off the birds was hurt. I chased up to the aviary, to find, that the aviary had been broken into. We found Louis in the outside roost. He had been badly hurt. The next few hours will be a testing time to get him through it. But we are hopeful.
"Malcolm was horribly tortured and killed. This was all witnessed by a young lad who volunteers at night to go and check on the birds."
At the time of writing, over £4000 has been donated to an appeal in 12 hours.
The post added: "The aviary can be replaced and fixed up. But Malcolm could never be replaced, he was a one off, beautiful natured boy, never ever known to harm anyone or anything. We will all miss him dreadfully, my heart is broken."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 11.50pm on Monday, 30 May, 2022, we received a report of animal cruelty following the death of a peacock within Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline.
"A second peacock was also injured during the incident.
"Officers are following a positive line of enquiry."
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